The Magic school bus holiday special

It's the last day of school before the winter holidays and the kids take a trip to Murph's recycling plant. The kids learn how recycling helps the earth in "Holiday special" ; in "All dried up" Phoebe goes on a crusade to save the animals and plants of the desert - and discovers how well they take care of themselves ; in "In the rainforest" kids goes to the rainforest on Earth Day to discover how cocoa pods, mud puddles and bugs all play a part in the wondrous web of life!

MPAA rating: Not rated.|||juvenile

Nelvana Limited ; PBS ; Scholastic Productions ; Studio 306 ; The Film House Group ; producer, Hasmi Giakoumis ; writers, Joanna Cole, John May, Jocelyn Stevenson ; director, Charles E. Bastien.

Full screen presentation.

Title from disc surface.

Originally released as a television series in 1994.

Based on The Magic School Bus book series by Joanna Cole and Bruce Degen.

Special features: Learn more about recycling, the rainforest and the desert in Take a field trip interactive adventure ; trailer ; scene access. DVD-ROM features: Test your memory in Holiday concentration challenge ; build a snowman without the snow ; be an artist with Magic coloring and more.

Voices: Lily Tomlin, Malcolm-Jamal Warner, Daniel DeSanto, Maia Filar, Erica Luttrell, Tara Meyer, Lisa Yamanaka.

Animators, Shane Doyle [and others] ; editor, Richard Bond ; original music, Peter Lurye.

DVD; Dolby Digital surround stereo.

In English, French and Spanish; closed-captioned.